Track By Track
DESIREE Chooses Her Top Tracks
At CRSSD Festival in September we followed DESIREE into the Chapter One vinyl pop-up and asked her to select…
Q&A
JKS – “The Importance Of Silence Is Underrated”
We caught up with JKS to put him through the paces of the quick-fire Q&A.…
News
Music Production For Women (MPW) Has Announced A Free 2 Day Course
Music Production for Women (MPW) has announced a two-day Women in Music Tech Summit on October 19th and 20th…
News
Ableton Launches Move: A Portable, Standalone Instrument for On-the-Go Music Creation
After various mystery marketing campaigns, the wait is over. Move from Ableton is here and it’s a long awaited…
Gear/Software
Audiomodern Soundbox Review: The Kontakt Killer?
Upstart plugin developer Audiomodern is challenging the hegemony of Kontakt with its new sampler, Soundbox. Is Audiomodern Soundbox good enough to dethrone the Native Instruments mainstay?
Attack Store
The Secrets of Dance Music Production
The world-leading book on dance music production. Comes with samples too.
Max for Live: Knob Studio
Knob Studio offers dynamic waveform manipulation and parameter mapping capabilities.
The Producer’s Manual
Everything you need to take a mix, from initial recording to final master.
Max For Live: Chance Engine
Add controlled yet random fluctuations to your most important parameters
Max For Live: Mouth Play
Unconventional vocal shaping with a brass model or FM oscillator source
Replicants – Elektron Analog Rytm Sample Pack
Electro sounds for the Elektron Analog Rytm. Free your spirit.
Interviews
Jaymo & Andy George
We chat to the Moda dons about the challenge of juggling different musical roles, the importance of trying to stay…
News
Christian Dance: From ‘Worship Trance’ to Daft Punk
As an LA-based Christian music site launches a new ‘CEDM’ show, we question the role of religion in modern…
Passing Notes
Further Chords
Dance music theory expert Oliver Curry demonstrates how to break away from basic chords and create more complex harmonic structures…
News
News Round-Up: 7/3/14
London’s biggest club opens, turn everyday objects into instruments, exclusive access to Paul Woodford’s studio and Fabriclive early…
Gear/Software
Toontrack EZkeys Classic Electrics
Toontrack’s latest addition to the EZkeys series focusses on electric pianos. Oliver Curry puts it to the test.…
Beat Dissected
Organic Shaker
In the latest Beat Dissected we get back to percussive basics with this pan-genre shaker pattern.…
Beat Dissected
West Coast Hip-Hop
In our latest drum programming and sound design tutorial we focus on some of the techniques used by producers such…
My Studio
Colo
The classically trained UK duo show us around the studio where they made their forthcoming debut album UR.…
News
LFO: The Movie
Low-budget sci-fi drama explores the darker side of synthesis, but has there ever been a truly good electronic…
Introducing...
Oli Furness
Music is love, at least according to Oli Furness, who named his record label as such. We asked him to…
My Studio
Tim Green
Tim Green shows us around his studio, packed full of weird and wonderful instruments from his global travels.…
Features
The Truth About Record Store Day
As shops around the world prepare for Record Store Day tomorrow, we investigate the real story behind the hugely popular…
Gear/Software
Cyclone Analogic TT-303 BassBot
This new clone of the legendary Roland TB-303 claims to be one of the most realistic replicas ever made…
News
News Round-Up: 21/2/14
Skrillex plays new material in Williamsburg, a documentary on Gil Scott Heron, Kode9 hints at repress and reggae revolutionary Wayne…
My Studio
Perc
Ali Wells shows us around his north London bedroom studio. Check out our accompanying interview here.…
News
London Electronic Music Event Diary
The Attack team spent the weekend at the London Electronic Music Event, which took place at Rich Mix in Shoreditch…
News
New Gear At Musikmesse
Keeping track of the most interesting new gear announcements at Frankfurt Musikmesse – with new releases from MFB, Novation, Korg, Doepfer…
Top Tracks
Shonky
Dub, disco and a family favourite from Neneh Cherry: the Apollonia man reveals his all-time favourites ahead of an…
News
Mixes Of The Week: 17/2/14
This week: ice-cold techno from Scuba, a vinyl-only celebration of Dilla’s 40th and Appleblim and Komon consolidate…
News
Pro Tools 11 Announced – Do We Care?
Avid announces details of update to recording industry standard software, but is it really relevant to dance music producers?…
Long Reads
How To Get Your Demo Heard
Producing a great track is just the first step on the road to success. Sure, you could release it yourself…
News
Korg To Reissue ARP Odyssey
Another vintage classic to be reissued by Korg, following in the footsteps of the MS-20 Mini.…
Gear/Software
Ableton Push
Waiting to get your hands on Ableton’s innovative hardware controller? So did we. As supply finally catches up with…
Job Envy
James Masters – Rekids Co-Owner
One half of Rekids with Matt ‘Radio Slave’ Edwards, James Masters gives us a preview of what we can expect…
Features
Dreaming Of Wires: The Return Of Modular Synths
Once considered virtually obsolete, modular synths have been one of the most surprising growth areas in music technology over the…
Columns
Thomas Cox: Pulling No Punches
Our new regular columnist Thomas Cox introduces himself and sets out his manifesto for this column: an honest, no-holds…
News
News Round-Up: 14/2/14
Four Tet shares unreleased material, a rare Metalheadz video, new kit for building your own electronic instruments and 10 are…
News
SFX Acquires ID&T, Invades Europe
Robert Sillerman’s SFX Entertainment acquires majority stake in Dutch events company ID&T Entertainment.…
Tutorials
How To Use Reverb In A Mix
Attack’s mix expert Bruce Aisher explains how to apply different types of reverb to each of the various elements…
Introducing...
Voyeur
Introducing Voyeur, recent signees to Kerri Chandler’s Madhouse who make dusty house music inspired by J Dilla and love…
